EarthCam Partners With Panasonic to Produce Live Streaming Webcast of the 2002 Kid Witness News

EarthCam To Offer Live Streaming Video With Audio in Multi-Bitrate Format

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New York, May 13, 2002 --
a, Arial">EarthCam (www.earthcam.com), experts in webcam technology and a leader in webcasting premier events, is pleased to announce that it will partner with Panasonic to stream the 2002 Kid Witness News "New Vision" Awards Ceremony live from New York City (www.earthcam.com/panasonic/newvision). The 2002 ceremony marks the 3rd consecutive year that EarthCam and Panasonic have joined together to produce this event live on the Internet.

Featured on the home page of the Panasonic website (www.panasonic.com), visitors to the Panasonic Kid Witness News Online site will find links to view the live event, as well as a link to view an archive of the 2001 ceremony. Available exclusively in Microsoft Windows Media format, viewers will have the opportunity to see the streaming video with audio in 28k, 56k or 100k depending on the speed of their broadband connection.

The 2002 Kid Witness News "New Vision" Awards Ceremony is scheduled to take place at The Museum of Television & Radio on May 13th beginning at 1:15pm Eastern Time. The ceremony recognizes the outstanding video achievements of young students as they present "The World Through Their Eyes". Winners from across the U.S. are invited by Panasonic to the New York area to participate in a weekend of activities to celebrate their accomplishments in videography, and to receive their honors at the prestigious New Vision Awards Ceremony.

EarthCam is the recognized leader in providing live streaming video WebCam software and technology solutions to businesses. Commencing in 1996, EarthCam began developing the proprietary software, network infrastructure and technical expertise that now allows it to deliver millions of live images to thousands of users each day. EarthCam provides complete infrastructure services to manage, host and maintain live images for its corporate clients. Clients include Yahoo!, Intel, MSN, ESPN, Panasonic, Ford, NASA, Kodak, Toys'R'Us and Discovery.com. As the premier provider of live images on the Internet, EarthCam webcasts events such as the Daytona 500, Mardi Gras, New Year's Eve in Times Square and the past four Super Bowls for the NFL. WebCamStore.com is EarthCam's full-service e-commerce site dedicated solely to providing webcam solutions. Visit EarthCam at www.earthcam.com.